Age: 66
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Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for performing in character roles, often portraying non-human creatures, usually via heavy make-up and visual effects. He has most notably collaborated with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, appearing in the films Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Crimson Peak (2015), and The Shape of Water (2017). Jones has also had roles in other films, including Hocus Pocus (1993) and its sequel (2022), Tank Girl (1995), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Absentia (2011), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), and The Bye Bye Man (2017). He has appeared in the science fiction series Falling Skies (2013-15) and del Toro's horror series The Strain (2014-16). From 2017 to 2024, he portrayed Saru in the science fiction series Star Trek: Discovery. From 2019 to 2023, he portrayed Baron Afanas in the vampire comedy show What We Do in the Shadows, appearing both with and without creature makeup. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Doug Jones
Valus
for Valus in Josh Trank's Shadow of the Colossus
Suggested by michaelcosby
A young slave named Wander flees his brutal life and falls in love with Mono, a cursed girl blamed for her mother's death. When her drunken father accidentally kills her, Wander steals an ancient sword and rides to the Forbidden Land. There, the disembodied spirit Dormin offers to revive Mono—if Wander slays sixteen giant colossi guarding the land. As Wander kills each magnificent creature, dark tendrils pierce his body, slowly transforming him. Lord Emon and his warriors hunt him, but Wander persists. After his horse Agro sacrifices himself to save Wander, Wander defeats the final colossus—only to discover Dormin has used him to resurrect its own monstrous form. Wander fights for control, sacrifices himself to stop Dormin, and is reincarnated as a baby in a secret garden where Mono and the surviving Agro find him.
